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"I'm Rick James, b*tch!" > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Name Parsing w/RPGLE > From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, January 11, 2006 12:37 pm > To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > jmajor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I have a field that is passed to an RPGLE Service program of Name now it > > could be First Last Name or Last Name First Name and so on and trying to > > figure out how to pull the correct names out of the full name... I have > > no ability to change the sender to have a First and Last Name field sent > > since this is an outside vendor..... Stumped on this one... > > Absent of a standard for data entered in the field, I think you are out > of luck. > > Try to parse this name and identify which is the last & which is first ... > > "James Rich" > > Is his real name "James Rich" or "Rich James"? > > I would suggest you look into refactoring your application to have a > separate first & last name fields. > > david > > -- > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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